The Nile has two major tributaries – the White Nile and the Blue Nile. The White Nile is traditionally considered to be the headwater. However, the Blue Nile is the source of 80 per cent of the water of the Nile downstream.
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The Congo River is the second-longest river in Africa. It is shorter than the Nile but travels a distance of almost 3,000 miles. It discharges almost as much water as the Amazon and the Ganges rivers. It is also the world’s deepest river, with measured depths of around 220 metres..
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At 2600 miles, the Niger is the tenth longest river in the world and the third longest in Africa. Its source had been discovered by the late 18th century, but its course was a great mystery for decades.
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Lepold spent long winters in luxurious quarters on the French Riviera, and was estranged from two of his three daughters. Moreover, he had a well-known penchant for teenaged girls, and, when he was age 65, he began a liaison with a teenaged former prostitute who bore him two additional children.
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The Rwenzori mountain range stretches for sixty miles along the Ugandan-Congo (Zaire) border. Often dubbed ‘the Mountains of the Moon’, their glacial summits are enshrouded in cloud and midst for much of the year. The Rwenzoris were formed millions of years ago when violent tectonic activity forced together two halves of the African continent, creating theGreat Rift Valley.
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